Insert for a ball joint in a motor vehicle, ball joint or link having an insert of this type, and method for producing an insert of this type, a ball joint of this type or a link of this type

US11713782B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

• Frank Nachbar · Osnabrück, DE
• Jan Pabst · Osnabrück, DE
• Volker Grube · Diepholz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 2, 2018
• Grant date: Aug 1, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T403/32803
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An insert for a ball joint (19) in a motor vehicle. The insert having a first part-structure (6) for making at least partial slide-bearing contact with a joint ball (2). The first part-structure (6) can be connected, by over-molding, to a joint socket (17) and/or to a joint housing (18). The insert (1) can be positioned and/or handled to cover a pole surface, to increase the extraction force, the insert (1) has an open part-structure (20) such that a cage-like configuration can be produced for surrounding the joint ball (2).